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... The chief justice was responding to a question from U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal about criticisms of the Supreme Court and its rulings.

Rosenthal, who was appointed to the federal trial court in Texas by former President George H.W. Bush, thanked Roberts for his defense of lower court judges, saying judges know "you have our backs."

Roberts acknowledged that criticisms of the Supreme Court's decisions "come with the territory," and sometimes come from fellow justices in the form of dissents.

"We don't believe we're flawless in any way and it's important that our decisions are subjected to scrutiny, and they are," he said.

But, Roberts continued, "the problem sometimes is that the criticism can move from a focus on legal analysis to personalities.

And you see -- from all over, not just any one political perspective on it -- that it's more directed in a personal way and that frankly can be actually quite dangerous."

The chief justice's comments come as federal judges around the country have encountered a surge of threats, many of them arising after issuing decisions against the Trump administration.

President Trump and senior members of his administration have also leveled accusations against judges whose rulings they disagree with, claiming they are "far-left" and "rogue" activists. ...

@#25 ... "Heritage Foundation reports on "America's Family Crisis: Unaffordability, Unemployment, Rising Healthcare Costs, Increasing Fuel Costs-- All Caused by Horrific Republican Party Policies"

FTFY ...

NW.

@#22 ... Reporters pressed Trump both times he told the story to reveal which president he spoke to, but Trump refused to say. ...

Pres Trump's attempts to rationalize his unprovoked war with Iran are looking more and more desperate with each passing day.

... European leaders have rejected demands by US President Donald Trump to help ensure freedom of navigation in the key waterway. ...

If you want people to land in the plane with you, you first have to convince them to board the plane before take-off.

Did Pres Trump build a coalition of allies before he started his unprovoked war with Iran?

@#5 ... Pretty Sure Puerto Rico and DC would like a word. ...

NW.

thx.

@#4 ... No more Canada? ...

Yeah, I wondered about that aspect as well.

Maybe Pres Trump wasn't getting enough of a deflection from the Epstein files with his comments about Canada?

So now he's trying something else?

@#3 ... Trump is a Rabid Dog. ...

But, he seems to be Pres Putin's Rabid Dog.

And on a short leash.

@#9 ... these guys appear to be Nick Fuentes types ...

It is difficult for me to understand how Christians wind up in that political arena.

But there they seem to be ...

@#8 ... White Christian Nationalism. ...

Looks that way.

@#3 ... He's got good ideals and values.

He speak the truth and in a manner which respects the people he's talking with. ...

The part of your comment that I agree with a lot is this... the people he's talking with.

As I have noted about Mayor Mamdani in NYC, TX Rep Talarico talks with people, not at them.

And that seems to have MAGA experiencing a meltdown ...

It's quite interesting, really.

The effort of the MAGA folk here to try to denigrate TX Rep Talarico.

He must be causing a significant level of angst in the MAGA circles.

Why might that be?

imo, Pres Trump does not want a Free Press, he wants a press that adulates him.

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... The Republican president has fumed on social media about stories he doesn't like and berated a reporter on Air Force One. The government's top media regulator has warned that broadcasters risk losing their licenses if they don't stay away from "fake news."

Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have questioned the patriotism of news outlets because of their reporting.

Trump has complained about war coverage in both specific and general ways. In a social media post, he said news reports exaggerated the damage to planes that were attacked by Iran at an airport in Saudi Arabia. He attacked "Corrupt Media Outlets" for falling for AI-generated false reports created by Iran and said the media "hates to report" how well the U.S. military has performed.

All presidential administrations tangle with the press; it's the natural byproduct of journalists' watchdog roles in a democratic society.

But the incidents of the past few days speak to a hostility toward the very idea of being questioned -- in a way that, some say, scratches up against the First Amendment itself. ...

... The motion from the city's corporation counsel to withdraw from the civil case argues that Adams is not entitled to city-funded legal support because he was "not acting within the scope of his City employment" at the time of the alleged assault. ...

Sounds reasonable to me.

Why should NYC pay the legal costs for a person who may have been acting outside of their responsibilities to serve the city?

OK, I have to ask, is wearing black the main issue here?

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... The court case centered on a nighttime July 4, 2025, protest outside ICE's Prairieland Detention Facility that started with demonstrators shooting fireworks and spray-painting cars in the parking lot.

Signal messages obtained by the government showed that the demonstrators believed that less confrontational protests against ICE -- such as one that had occurred earlier in the day at the same facility -- were ineffective.

Some of the protesters had brought guns, which is legal in Texas. A police officer responding to the scene was shot in the neck by one of the protesters, Benjamin Song, who had brought an AR-15 with a trigger modified for a higher rate of fire.

The defendants said the protest was a peaceful demonstration meant to show solidarity, pointing to the megaphone that one member of the group brought to shout slogans to detainees. Prosecutors pointed to the guns, ballistic vests, and trauma first-aid kits they brought as evidence of malicious intent.

Song was convicted of one count of attempted murder for shooting the officer, but acquitted on two other counts of attempting to shoot at two correctional officers. Song was also found guilty of discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Four other people accused of attempted murder counts were acquitted on those charges. Song faces up to life in prison. ...

@#15 ... Planning was never DJT's strong point... ...

An example of "understatement" as used in the English language.

My guess is that this will not reverse the recent upswing in the price of beef.

... On March 7, Israel Flores Ortiz, an 18-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador enrolled as a junior at Fairfax High School, was arrested for allegedly fondling the -------- of multiple female students in the hallways during school hours ...

As I have often said here, if you are in the Country illegally, you should leave.

@#1 ... "Learning disabilities, including dyslexia, affect how the brain processes information. They do not reflect a person's intelligence, judgment, or ability to lead," the organization said in a statement released Monday. ...

People with dyslexia tend to know they have it, and adjust to it.

... "Honestly, I'm all for people with learning disabilities, but not for my president."

"Everything about him is dumb," ...

Pres Trump is sounding desperate here.

... "Joshua Haymes and Brooks Potteiger (Pete Hegseth's Christian pastor) pray imprecatory psalms against US Senate candidate young James Talarico (D-TX): "I pray that God kills him. ...

Does this hurt or help TX Rep Talarico's Senate chances?

imo, this statement seems to be playing right into TX Rep Talarico's hand ...

@#1 ... warns against simplistic assumptions about a possible collapse of power in Iran ...

From what I've read, Pres Trump seems to have thought that Iran would be a short ~in and out~ operation, like Venezuela.

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... Eighteen days after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the first hours of the war, and eliminating other political and military leaders, it would have been safe to assume the power center of the Islamic Republic had been fatally destabilized.

"But as the third week of the war begins, it is becoming clear that this assessment does not match reality. Iran's power structure has overcome the initial shock," Middle East analyst Habib HosseiniFard told DW.

Bruised but not eliminated, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are continuing to carry out attacks on several fronts against the US, Israel and neighboring Arab states. They are relying on a decentralized and wellconnected command structure. ...

Against this backdrop, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has ruled out negotiations, saying there will be no cease-fire as long as the US and Israel continue to strike Iranian targets.

He appears able to rely on a stillrobust military apparatus, with the IRGC as the key actor capable of responding flexibly to constantly changing situations. ...

Why Iran can still fight as a 'failed state'

Reza Talebi, a political analyst, points to Iran's internal structure and warns against simplistic assumptions about a possible collapse of power in Iran. ...

@#14 ... They don't want you to own a house.
They want you to rent, forever. ...

Exactly.

Private equity's interests seem to be two-fold ...

1) mid-term increase of asset value (zillow has my house with an 80% price increase since late 2019).

2) long-term investment income (does this type of income get preferential tax treatment?)

By buying up the available single-family homes, private equity reduces the supply, thereby fostering the situation for a price increase of the remaining houses.

And the monthly rental income is just what they wanted.

... because of the Iran war ...

So, Pres Trump apparently thought his Iran War would be over before his China summit?

Is a month's delay in the summit going to be enough?